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The Serbia international feels the English giants were by no means at their best and hailed Robert Lewandowski following his winning goal

By Stefan Coerts

Oct 23, 2013 7:47:00 AM

The Serbia international feels the English giants were by no means at their best and hailed Robert Lewandowski following his winning goal

Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic was not impressed with Arsenal following the Bundesliga side's 2-1 Champions League win at the Emirates on Tuesday, arguing the hosts lacked urgency.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan gifted BVB the lead early on with a shot from the edge of the area, only for Olivier Giroud to restore parity after some poor defending from Dortmund.

However,
Robert Lewandowski eventually helped last year's Champions League
finalists to the full three points with a composed finish after being
set up by Kevin Grosskreutz.

"I don't think Arsenal were playing their best football - they were trying to play pretty safe," Subotic told the official Uefa website.

"They
felt they were going to score one goal more than us through their
patience and through their play, but we ran a lot and defended very well
and had some great chances.

"We are obviously very happy with
the three points. We came here not expecting anything but hoping for the
best obviously. As the game progressed we always wanted more and more."

Subotic
then went on to praise Lewandowski, arguing that it was only right that
the Poland international decided the game in the visitors' favour.

"It
was a huge relief," he admitted. "Robert had to fight for 85 minutes to
get his goal and he definitely deserved it because it was a tough fight
for him against [Per] Mertesacker and [Laurent] Koscielney. I'm happy
for him."

Dortmund, Arsenal and Napoli sit joint first in Group F
with six points from three games, with Olympique de Marseille yet to
get off the mark. ------------------- goal.com